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5 tourists rescued from flooded home as storm hits Hawaii

  HONOLULU --- Sirens wailed while workers piled sandbags in front of hotels and police blasted warnings to tourists to leave the world-famous Waikiki Beach as hurricane "Lane" barreled north after dumping nearly two feet of rain on Hawaii's mostly rural Big Island.   Emergency crews rescued five California tourists from a home they were renting in Hilo after a nearby gulch overflowed and it flooded Thursday.   Suzanne Demerais said a tiny waterfall and small stream flowed near the home when she first arrived with four of her friends from the Los Angeles area. But the stream turned into a torrent and the river rose rapidly over 24 hours.   Haw...

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